Do not add a seat to the Pickens School Board

There is talk about adding an additional seat on the Pickens County School Board. This will give us back the old School Board.

After an initial estimate of $158 million to build new schools, the old School Board brought a $197 million referendum to the voters. After the referendum was defeated by a 2-to-1 margin, the old School Board voted the Greenville plan to borrow $315 million. For two years the building plan got nowhere because of incompetence. The old School Board had to borrow money to make payroll. The old board laid off teachers. The old School Board has left you with a debt of approximately $11,600 on each home in Pickens County.

The new board now has three conservatives out of six seats. This new board has reduced the number of administrative people, choosing instead to return teachers to the classroom. There will be no tax increase from the School District, again.

The people who want another member on the School Board want to spend more of your tax money and raise your taxes. They claim Easley does not have its proper representation on the School Board. That is false. The School Board districts are the same as the County Council districts. Each district by law has the same number of people.

We do not need another seat on the School Board! If we get another seat on the school board the old school board will be back spending money without limit.

Weldon Clark

Liberty

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Do not add a seat to the Pickens School Board

There is talk about adding an additional seat on the Pickens County School Board. This will give us back the old School Board.